Laevicardium

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Laevicardium, common named egg cockles, is a genus of saltwater clams or cockles, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.[1] They are unusual among the cockles in that they have smooth, rounded, egg-shaped valves.

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Bivalvia
Order:Cardiida
Family:Cardiidae
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Laevicardium
A whole preserved specimen of Laevicardium oblongum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Laevicardium
Swainson, 1840
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Species

There are 33 species in Laevicardium:[2]

  • Laevicardium attenuatum
  • Laevicardium biradiatum
  • Laevicardium brasilianum
  • Laevicardium castaneum
  • Laevicardium clarionense
  • Laevicardium compressum
  • Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) — Norwegian egg cockle
  • Laevicardium decorticatum
  • Laevicardium elatum (Sowerby, 1833) — Giant egg cockle
  • Laevicardium eliodelfabroi Cossignani, 2024
  • Laevicardium etheringtoni
  • Laevicardium gorgasi
  • Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus, 1758) — egg cockle
  • Laevicardium leptorimum
  • Laevicardium lobulatum
  • Laevicardium lyratum
  • Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad, 1830) — Morton's egg cockle
  • Laevicardium multipunctatum
  • Laevicardium nemo
  • Laevicardium nemocardiforme
  • Laevicardium oblongum
  • Laevicardium parisiense
  • Laevicardium parkinsoni
  • Laevicardium pedernalense
  • Laevicardium pictum (Ravenel, 1861) — Ravenel's egg cockle
  • Laevicardium pristis
  • Laevicardium rudentis
  • Laevicardium serratum
  • Laevicardium substriatum
  • Laevicardium sybariticum (Dall, 1886) — Dall's egg cockle
  • Laevicardium tegalense
  • Laevicardium tenuisulcatum
  • Laevicardium tertium
  • Laevicardium tristiculum
  • Laevicardium venustulum

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